A light and bright abode in Sudbury

Meticulously maintained, this multi-level home is filled with natural light. Set on a beautifully landscaped lot in an established neighborhood, the house has three bedrooms, an updated kitchen, open plan dining and living rooms, a large family room, screened porch and an oversize garage. This energy efficient home has gas...

The neat multi-level home with a beautifully landscaped yard at 11 Hickory Road in Sudbury is in meticulous condition inside and out.

Located in an established neighborhood with lots of quiet streets perfect for walkers or strollers, the house is also convenient to commuter routes. The eight-room home has an open floor plan on the main level and a large family room with a freestanding gas fireplace on the lower level, three bedrooms on the third level, a screened porch and an extra-deep two car attached garage.

Libby Rankin Hamill with Prudential Ursula M. Stephan Realtors has listed the house at $499,000.

The 1,904-square-foot home on a 0.72-acre level lot was built in 1958 with an addition in 2001 and kitchen remodel in 2011.

Other recent upgrades and improvements include a new garden shed, new appliances, a whole house water filtration system, a new gas furnace, new windows and exterior painting.

Set back from the street behind a low stone wall, the house has a brick and clapboard exterior with good-size windows and neat white shutters.

The front door with triple decorative windows and a sidelight opens to the open plan first level with living room, dining room and kitchen.

The living and dining rooms form an “L” with bay windows in both rooms flooding the rooms with natural light. The living room measures 21 by 12 and includes a gas fireplace. The 12-by-11 dining room is open to the kitchen and has a door to a screened porch.

The screened porch has a cedar paneled ceiling and a door to the backyard.

The 13-by-11 kitchen has a soaring ceiling with a skylight, granite countertops with a breakfast bar and a window with a view of the landscaped yard. The kitchen was updated in 2011 with new countertops, appliances tile floor and backsplash.

The family room, located down a short flight of stairs from the foyer, was part of an addition in 2001. Formerly the garage, the homeowners converted the space to create a 24-by-24 family room with recessed lighting, wall-to-wall carpet, a freestanding gas fireplace and a half bath. It’s a room that gets a lot of use by the family.

The addition also created a spacious front-to-back carpeted mudroom with exterior doors at either end, large closets and access to the extra deep two car garage. The garage has a convenient door to the backyard.

There are three bedrooms with wall-to-wall carpet on the upper level. The bedrooms measure 13 by 12, 14 by 11 and 13 by 10, respectively. All have double closets, and the master bedroom includes a half bath. There is also a full family bathroom with a tub/shower.

There are hardwood floors under the wall-to-wall carpeting on the entrance level and bedroom level.

There is a laundry room in the basement.

Page 2 of 2 - A notable feature of the property is the landscaped yard with irrigation system. The homeowners designed the plantings of shrubs, trees and flowers for panoramic effect with flowering species repeated throughout the garden. The result is a yard with three-season color, which also attracts birds to the feeders. There are also paths and two benches in the rear part of the garden.

The house has gas heat and central air.

For more information on 11 Hickory Road, Sudbury, contact Libby Rankin Hamill, listing agent, with Prudential Ursula M. Stephan Realtors, Sudbury at 508-259-0892 direct or 978-443-7300 office. There is an open house on Sunday, Jan. 27, from 1 – 3 p.m. or by appointment.